diff --git a/devel/py-pyproject-flake8/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/devel/py-pyproject-flake8/files/patch-pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fb53bdf8676c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-pyproject-flake8/files/patch-pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pyproject.toml.orig	2022-12-16 16:52:04 UTC
++++ pyproject.toml
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ classifiers = []
+ requires-python = ">=3.8.1"
+ dependencies = [
+     "tomli; python_version < '3.11'",
+-    "flake8 == 6.0.0"
++    "flake8 >= 6.0.0"
+ ]
+ 
+ [project.urls]